Keith Bunin
{{short description|American dramatist and screenwriter (born c. 1971)}}
Keith Bunin (born c. 1971)Veronica Rueckert, [https://web.archive.org/web/20140611004340/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-109196125.html "With Success, Panic Ends for Playwright Bunin"], Wisconsin State Journal, October 23, 2003, via HighBeam Research. is an American dramatist and screenwriter. His plays include The Credeaux Canvas,Alvin Klein, [https://www.nytimes.com/mem/theater/treview.html?pagewanted=print&res=9503E5D61530F937A25754C0A9649C8B63 "3 Youths, Adrift in Life and a Play"], The New York Times, July 14, 2002. The World Over,Ben Brantley, [https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/02/theater/theater-review-danger-in-a-fairy-tale-taken-seriously.html "Danger in a Fairy Tale Taken Seriously"], The New York Times, October 2, 2002. and The Busy World is Hushed,Charles Isherwood,
[https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/26/theater/reviews/26busy.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 "Questions of Family and Faith in 'The Busy World Is Hushed'"], The New York Times, June 26, 2006. all of which have been produced by Playwrights Horizons.
Life and career
Bunin was born in Poughkeepsie, New York.Robert Vaughan, [http://www.dramatists.com/pdf/atPlayFallWinter08.pdf "Keith Bunin's Busy World"], At Play (Dramatists Play Service), no. 13, Fall/Winter 2008, pp. 6-7. The son of "a half-Jewish father [and] a Catholic mother," he was first "raised in the Episcopal Church,"Everett Evans, [http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Main-Street-Theater-production-explores-faith-1547934.php "Main Street Theater production explores faith"], Houston Chronicle, September 25, 2007. then attended Oakwood Friends School, a Quaker prep school.Keith Bunin, [http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/idolchatter/2007/11/from-the-writers-picket-lines.html "From the Writers’ Picket Lines: ‘I Hate That I’m on Strike"], Beliefnet, November 15, 2007. He ascribes his religious viewpoints, as manifested in works such as The Busy World is Hushed, to this "polyglot religious" upbringing. He moved to New York to attend film school at NYU, then graduated from Goddard College and received a master's degree from Columbia University.[http://primarystages.org/keith-bunin Meet Our Faculty: Keith Bunin], Primary Stages (accessed 2014-01-15).
In his 2002 review of The Credeaux Canvas, Alvin Klein of The New York Times called Bunin "a brainy young playwright with the mighty mission of combatting mindlessness" and said his "works reveal a boundless sense of wonder".
Bunin's play The Coast Starlight premiered at La Jolla Playhouse in 2019 and was subsequently staged by Lincoln Center in 2023.{{Cite web |last=Soloski |first=Alexis |date=March 13, 2023 |title=The Coast Starlight Review: Strangers on a Train |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/13/theater/review-the-coast-starlight.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=New York Times}} The 2023 Lortel Awards recognized Mia Barron as "Outstanding Featured Performer in a Play" for her performance as Liz in the New York production.{{Cite web |last=Gordon |first=David |date=May 8, 2023 |title=Wolf Play and Titanique Top List of 2023 Lortel Award Winners |url=https://www.theatermania.com/news/wolf-play-and-titanique-top-list-of-2023-lortel-award-winners_1701396/ |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=TheaterMania}}
Bunin wrote the "Oliver" episodes for season 2 of the HBO series In Treatment, as well as the screenplay for the 2013 film Horns, based on the novel by Joe Hill.Dave McNary, [https://variety.com/2013/film/markets-festivals/daniel-radcliffes-horns-finds-a-u-s-home-1200694678/ "Daniel Radcliffe’s 'Horns' Finds a U.S. Home"], Variety, October 4, 2013. In 2012 it was reported that Philip Seymour Hoffman had agreed to direct Bunin's screenplay, Ezekiel Moss, which had been included on the 2011 "Black List" of most promising unproduced screenplays.Borys Kit, [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/philip-seymour-hoffman-ezekiel-moss-370953 "Philip Seymour Hoffman to Direct Supernatural Drama 'Ezekiel Moss'"], The Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2012.
Bunin's screenplay for Pixar's Onward (co-written with Dan Scanlon and Jason Headley) earned a nomination for Best Writing: Feature from the 2021 Annie Awards.{{Cite web |last=Julie |date=March 4, 2021 |title=Pixar Honored with an Outstanding 20 Nominations for the 48th Annual Annie Awards |url=https://pixarpost.com/2021/03/pixar-honored-with-20-annie-award-nominations.html |access-date=June 23, 2023 |website=Pixar Post}} Bunin also shares story credit on Netflix's animated film Nimona (2023).{{Cite web |title=Keith Bunin |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1291392/ |access-date=2023-07-02 |website=IMDb |language=en-US}}
References
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- http://sorrowsdramaturgy.wikispaces.com/Keith+Bunin+-+The+Playwright
- http://lisathatcher.wordpress.com/2013/03/26/the-credeaux-canvas-sure-foot-productions-does-keith-bunin-theatre-review/
External links
- [http://www.iobdb.com/CreditableEntity/777 Keith Bunin] at Internet Off-Broadway Database
- {{IMDb name|1291392}}
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Category:21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
Category:21st-century American screenwriters
Category:American male screenwriters
Category:Writers from Poughkeepsie, New York
Category:Goddard College alumni
Category:Columbia University alumni
Category:Tisch School of the Arts alumni